Fiasco at the Inauguration

     After watching much of the inauguration I found myself looking for information on something to write about for this blog post and came across a news story talking about how Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco had been thrown of stage by security after publicly insulting President Obama. The story talked about how Lupe during his set was performing and after 30 minutes was asked to leave but continued playing he was then heard saying "Rush Limbaugh is a racist, Glenn Beck is a racist." and continues into saying another quote worth mentioning; "Gaza Strip was getting bombed, Obama didn't say shit . That's why I ain't vote for him, next one either." At this point is when security moved him off stage.
     Now while some argue that this was inexcusable action from Lupe, many people don't realize that he had spoken out about his dislike for Obama in the past and had just now taken it to a new level. While what Lupe did is a concern the real concern is what this action and reception speaks about the Inauguration itself. While scrolling through news articles, twitter feeds or other media you will not see much politics or mentioning of the people involved; unless they are celebrities that is. All over the news is either how this celebrity appeared or how Beyonce lip sung the Star Spangled Banner and of course how Lupe Fiasco got kicked off stage. It just appears that this american event meant to honor the president and the next four years of american government has turned into yet another way for artists to get a spotlight on the news reals for this week. All the performing from people that in no way shape or form are involved in government was kind of out of the way, seeing as how this could have been televised for an hour or less but was turned into a 2 day event with pre-inauguration performances as well.
    Looking through a feminist lense, I would like to site the quote Obama spoke about when talking about Gay rights. “Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law, for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well." That is the equality feminist's are in search for, but this quote was left in the dust because some star studded person covered our media for hours and hours after the inauguration had finished. So why? Why are people more concerned with these celebrities than with what our President is saying?
That is what I question.